No knives in the kitchens of this city
Khalīfah, Khālid, 1964-2016
Book
In the once beautiful city of Aleppo, one Syrian family descends into tragedy and ruin between the 1960s and 2000s. Irrepressible Sawsan flirts with militias, the ruling party, and finally religion, seeking but never finding salvation. She and her siblings and mother are slowly choked in violence and decay, as their lives are plundered by a brutal regime.
Main title:
No knives in the kitchens of this city / Khaled Khalifa ; translated by Leri Price.
Author:
Khalīfah, Khālid, 1964-, authorPrice, Leri, translator
Imprint:
Cairo, Egypt New York Hoopoe, an imprint of AUC Press, 2016.©2016
Collation:
219 pages ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Translated from the Arabic.
Awards:
International Prize for Arabic Fiction, Shortlist, 2014.Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, 2013.
ISBN:
9789774167812 (paperback)9774167813
Dewey class:
892.737
Language:
EnglishArabic
Subject:
BRN:
319621